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Visible Energy UFO Power Strip Gets Its Commands From Your iPhone

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Festering Bovine
04/09/09

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$200 dollars?! I built the same exact thing in my house with some X10 components and the Thinkgeek Kill-a-Watt. No chip bowl though, a serious flaw now that I think about it.
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Monty
04/09/09

@Moldy Cheese: A major flaw when you consider that power savings without fondue is like an iPhone without fart apps. Your product may be functional, but ultimately you are missing the necessary part of the social experience.
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LuckyLakey
04/09/09

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I don't get it. Why would you pay $200 for a over glorified power strip.. How long do you think it would take to save you $200 in consumption to pay for itself? Not counting the 3 times a day I have to plug my iPhone in to keep it going with all the other apps I've got running.
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Hello Mister Walrus
04/09/09

@LuckyLakey: Yeah, it's pretty pointless if all you're going to plug into it are small appliances (the kinds that get plugged into power strips). I could imagine this being useful if you could use it on a larger scale, like to measure the power consumption of your entire house. Then, maybe your change in consumption would justify the purchase.

I don't understand why it needs to be iPhone-controlled. Is there an alternative way to control it? If not, wouldn't this limit the customer base to iPhone owners?
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Monty
04/09/09

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First they controlled where you went and how you got there, then where you ate, then what you did with your free time, not to mention all your methods of communication and entertainment -- and now the iPhone controls the power, too? Damn it, Steve Jobs has officially taken over the universe.

Still -- pretty cool.
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